“It is important to understand whether we can register, maintain, and even love as many ways as possible to be part of the world.” – Bruno Latour.
Cities, villages, dwellings, administrative buildings, factories, shops, and infrastructure are creations of one of the animal species on this planet. In essence, they are no different from beaver dams, stork nests, or anthills. They are equally a part of nature, a natural expression of one animal species, its image, reflection, and also a medium from which much can be deduced. They have their own design, system, smell – and sound. The prevailing narrative of Homo sapiens sapiens is the idea of our dominance and entitlement to separating ourselves from “the others.” What do the places we create and by which we change the planet say about us and the context of our impact on Earth?
Fonendoskop (Slovak word for stethoscope) is a tool with a resonator used for examining a patient by listening. Our listening and examining object is a micro-place – an interior, a building, an anthropocentric structure, significant for its location, history, former or current function in the city – and its sounds, states, and relationships in which it operates. Our subject is the relationship between man and the (acoustic) environment that surrounds him. We listen, examine, diagnose, create a map, find a position, and try to recalibrate the vector in the context of acoustic ecology.
Fonendoskop is a part of Sound Topographies – a series of events with a simple aim to listen to the world and the sound landscape that forms its acoustic exoskeleton and to explore the relationship between man and the sound environment that surrounds him. To listen means to create space for new questions – and new answers. By listening, we study the acoustic manifestations of the landscape and its sound quality. We map the world, discover acoustic spaces, and find connections with various areas of natural and human sciences. We consider the direction towards sensing the shared world, linking environments and organisms, because the world we live in is an overlapping arrangement.
Dates:
FONENDOSKOP, SIDE A A (48.15881903362187, 17.113964237625197) – September 22, 2023, 19.00, ROZPTYL, Karpatská 24, Bratislava
FONENDOSKOP, SIDE B (48.15999996626228, 17.08219887315751) – November 11, 2023, 15:30, Slovak National Archive, Drotárska cesta 42, Bratislava // MANDATORY REGISTRATION FOR ATTENDEES
SOUND TOPOGRAPHIES is a series of events with a simple goal of listening to the world and the sonic landscape that forms its acoustic exoskeleton and exploring the relationship between humans and the sound environments that surround them. Listening means creating space for new questions – and new answers. Through hearing, we observe and study the acoustic expressions of the landscape and its sound quality. We map the world, discover acoustic spaces, and seek connections with various fields of natural and human sciences. We think and aim towards a shared world, emphasize the links between the environment and organisms – because the world we live in is a mutually overlapping arrangement.